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yes scary....although the Green vote at least was up and the Goldsmid by-election win was encouraging.

do take a look at the stuff I have been posting on Peru, the good news is the indigenous win, the bad news is that they have done so at cost of state killings, imprisonment, exile, repression....so a bit of solidarity would be useful

I agree Derek you didn’t get too excited; however many people in the media and the Green Party were talking up the Green vote, speculating that you’d overtake the Liberals. Greens were encouraged to come and help in the by-election to learn from the best organised and successful party in the country. Coming fifth after raising expectations, has rather taken the shine off an improved vote.

Well, after the best ever Green Parliamentary by-election result in percentage terms I don't think many of us Greens will be TOO disappointed!

Yes it was a shame about the UKIP vote, but adding 7% onto the last comparable Green vote and doubling the vote in real terms is not to be sniffed at. The Tories were always gong to win that seat, as it is virtually certain that they will win the next election. The Green task at that election is to break through the Westminster barrier and this vote, in a non-target seat is encouraging to that end. In the broader picture, as John Nicholson says in his article that Derek has published above, it would be good if there could be local cooperation so that some of the non-Green Party progressive left could also get in, so that there are as many voices as possible of radical left opposition in the next Parliament, supporting the struggles in workplaces and communities.

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I am a green activist, writer and economist. Three kids, live in Winkfield. Live low impact on the land in my trailer, I am a Green Party local councillor. Ecosocialist and fan of Elinor Ostrom, have worked closely with the Peruvian indigenous leader Hugo Blanco to fight.